Video Surfaces of Moments After 9/11 Crash of Flight 93

The Tribune-Democrat:

SHANKSVILLE — As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaches, a video shot just minutes after the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 has surfaced.

While the video does not show the moment of impact, it clearly shows a mushroom cloud rising from the site of the crash at an abandoned strip mine near Shanksville.

The voice of Berlin resident Dave Berkebile, now deceased, can be heard speaking calmly in the background.

“This is the remains of an airplane crash over on Lambertsville Road,” he said. “Probably a terrorist bomb on board that blew up.”

Berkebile said the crash “shook the heck out of the house ... A great, big, black cloud just mushroomed right up into the air.”

Then he added: “I wonder if there is anything left of Lambertsville.”

Donna Glessner, who is collecting oral histories for the National Park Service, saw the video and said she believes it is the earliest known video of the crash.